SAN FRANCISCO, CA - MARCH 17: Jon Busch #18 of the San Jose Earthquakes can't stop a penalty kick taken by Brad Davis #11 of the Houston Dynamo at AT&T Park on March 17, 2012 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

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Tally Hall #1 of the Houston Dynamo stops Steven Lenhart #24 of the San Jose Earthquakes from heading the ball into the goal at AT&T Park on March 17, 2012 in San Francisco, California.

International:Lionel Messi scored in his sixth straight game, raising his season total to 51 goals as Barcelona won 2-0 at Sevilla.

Messi scored his 31st league goal, one behind Cristiano Ronaldo's league-leading total, and the 150th league goal of his career. With 14 goals in his past six games, Messi needs four to tie Cesar Rodriguez's Barcelona career record of 235.

-- In Italy's Serie A, Zlatan Ibrahimovic's 17th-minute penalty kick was his fifth goal in three matches, and first-place AC Milan won 2-0 at Parma to remain four points ahead of second-place Juventus, which beat Fiorentina 5-0.

-- Bayern Munich fell just short of scoring seven goals in a third consecutive match, winning 6-0 at Hertha Berlin in the Bundesliga.